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Motueka Star, Volume V, Issue 295, 14 June 1904, Page 4

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Christchurch, June 7. " The following - are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat —Pearl and Tuscan 2s 9d, and Hunter’s 2s 8d at country stations. Oats—Heavy Canadians Is 5d to Is 6d, short feed Is 3d to Is 3|d, Duns Is s|d to Is 6d, Danish Is 2d, at country stations. Flour, millers’ quotations, Roller £8 10s a ton. Peas —Partridge 3s to 3s 3d, blue Prussians 3s 3d at country stations. Barley—Prime malting 3s,at country stations. Pollard : 90s ton. Bran : 50s. Oatmeal: XIO s f.o.b. Oatsheaf chaff, 45s to 47s 6dpertonat country stations. Potatoes —Kidneys 455, Early Rose 355, Derwents 20s, at country stations. Onions —£3 10s at country stations. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory sd, dairy 4|d; butter factory, local, 1 Ogd per lb, North Island lid, dairy Bdto 9d prime, salt (in boxes) Bdto9d bacon 7d, hams Bd, factory bacon and hams gd higher, fo.b.- — eggs is 9d a dozen.—Christchurch Press. WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET. The N.Z. Farmers’Co-operative Distributing Coy., Ltd., report, on last week’s market.as follows: —Fruit in better demand, at improved, prices. Choice dessert apples 8s to 10s, ordinary, (dessert) 5s 6d to 7s 6d ; cooking 4s' 3d to 5s 6d, specially selected, 5s to 6s ; pears, choice dessert, 7s to 9s ; cooking 4s to 4s 9d ; walnuts 4|.d to s|d ; oranges bananas, etc. at current rates ; potatoes, prime derwents 50s to 55*3, brown rivers 40s to 455, (market weak) ; onions 4s 6d to 5s 3d ; straw, prime wheaten 35s to 40s ; chaff, prime oaten sheaf 75s to 80s at country stations ; oats, gartons, sparrowbills, Is lid to 2s Id, danish, Is 9d to Is lOd ; maize, 2s lOd to - 3s Id ; wheat 3s -to 3s 3d ; barley (feed), 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; barley meal, 5s 6d a 1001 b ; pollard 5s 3d j bran 3s to 3s 3d ; cabbage, prime, 3s 6d to 5s sack ; cauliflowers 7s 6d to 10s [wanted) ; pie melons 2s to 2s 3d ewt ; pumpkins, prime, 3s 6d to 4s ; marrows 2s to 2s 6d ; swede turnips, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; carrots, red, 2s to 2s 3d, white 2s to 2s 3d ; butter, dairy B|d to 9d ; separator 9d to lOd ; eggs, fresh, Is 9d to Is lid ; preserved Is to Is 3d, chilled Is 2d to Is 3d ; cheese, best factory mediums sd, dairy 4d to 4gd ; bacon, sides, rolls 7Jd ; hams 7|d ; lard 6d lb ; dressed pork, 56’s to 60’s 4|d to 4|d, 70’s to 80’s 3|d to 4d ; tallow 16s to 21s cwt ; poultry, hens, Is 6d to 2s; table hens, 2s 3d ; table roosters Is lOd to 2s 8d ; coekerils Is 3d to Is 7d ; ducks 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; geese 3s to 4s p turkeys, gobblers 7s to 10s 6d ; extra fine, 13s ; hens 5s to 6s ; pullets of all breeds in good demand, and realise high prices ; rye grass 4s 3d to 5s ; cocksfoot 9d ; super white clover No. 1 Is, No. 2 white clover lid ; No 1 red clover 9d ; cow grass 8d to lOd.